Nostalgia and a sense that both the bird and the dog are beautiful.

As an aside, I think most of the sadness / anger / angst that people have towards hunting is misplaced. I understand that they are being compassionate and I fully understand (and respect) that they love animals......however that bird had a great life and painless death.

The real horror is modern factory farming....cages where chickens are born into the cage, pumped full of food, and then mechanically dismembered....all while never being free or even seeing the sky. Yet we don't "feel sad" when we see the packaged meat at the store.....